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Saturday, August 27, 2016

Review of Fisher (ed.), Arabs and Empires before Islam

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BRYN MAYR CLASSICAL REVIEW: Greg Fisher (ed.), Arabs and Empires before Islam. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2015. Pp. xxv...

Predatory publishers

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BEWARE: Beall’s List: Potential, possible, or probable predatory scholarly open-access publishers (AWOL). Anyone wishing to publisher with ...

Scotland and the Bar Kokhba Revolt

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ARCHAEOLOGY: Burnswark's bloody Roman history becomes clearer (Willie Johnston, BBC Scotland). There's growing evidence that a land...

4 Ezra 5:21-6:34

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READING ACTS: Ezra’s Second Vision – 4 Ezra 5:21-6:34 . The earlier posts in the series on 4 Ezra have been noted here and link. Cross-fi...

More on that Philistine cemetery in Ashkelon

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INTERVIEW: One on One with…Adam Aja, museum curator and senior staff member of Ashkelon dig (Wayne E. Rivet, The Bridgton News ). Adam Aja ...
Friday, August 26, 2016

PhD thesis by Noah Bickart

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ANCIENT JEW REVIEW: Dissertation Spotlight | Noah Bickart . This project investigates the meaning and usage of a particular set of linguisti...

Bauckham Festschrift

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IN THE MAIL: In the Fullness of Time: Essays on Christology, Creation,and Eschatology in Honor of Richard Bauckham (ed. Daniel Gurtner, Gra...

Results of inscription survey

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THE BIBLE PLACES BLOG: Favorite Ancient Inscription Results Todd Bolen gives the main results of the survey noted here . I did think about ...

4 Ezra 3:1-5:20

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READING ACTS: Ezra’s First Vision – 4 Ezra 3:1-5:20 . The first post in the series on 4 Ezra (2 Esdras) was noted here . Cross-file under ...

Early Judaism and Christianity job at McMaster University

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H-JUDAIC: JOB: McMaster University, Assistant Professor, Early Judaism and Early Christianity . Follow the link for further particulars. The...
Thursday, August 25, 2016

On crossing the Jordan

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NEWS YOU CAN USE: Seven Fascinating Facts about Crossing the Jordan River (Todd Bolen, Bible Places Blog. I had the opportunity to read a p...

Introducing 4 Ezra (2 Esdras)

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READING ACTS: A Christian Introduction to 4 Ezra . We move to a new text in Phil Long's pseudepigrapha series. In this post he deals wit...

Nasi’

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YONA SABAR: Hebrew word of the week: Nasi’/President . An little footnote to this word. The second-century head of the failed second revol...

Cue the Holy Hand Grenade jokes

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A RELIC: Crusader-era grenade dug out of central Israel home. Family shows metal artifacts retrieved from sea by late father, including kni...

The Bogomils of Bosnia

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POST-ANTIQUITY GNOSTICISM: The Bogomils of Bosnia: Forgotten gnostics (AYŞE BETÜL KAYAHAN, Daily Sabah ). Bogomilism was a Gnostic dualisti...
Wednesday, August 24, 2016

A brief history of ancient Israel

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NEWS YOU CAN USE: Ancient Israel: A Brief History (Owen Jarus, LiveScience). A nice little survey of the history of Israel up to the Bar Ko...

The Apocalypse of Zephaniah

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READING ACTS: What is the Apocalypse of Zephaniah? Since the book refers to both Daniel 3 and the apocryphal Susanna, implying a date no ear...

Your favorite inscription?

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THE BIBLE PLACES BLOG: Reader Survey: Favorite Ancient Inscription . Todd Bolen brings us another survey. I have voted. I'll tell you wh...

Hurtado on early Jewish opposition to Jesus-devotion

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LARRY HURTADO: Early Jewish Opposition to Jesus-Devotion? . He summarizes the evidence (from lateral readings of New Testament texts), based...

Review of Bitner, Paul's Political Strategy in 1 Corinthians 1-4

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BRYN MAYR CLASSICAL REVIEW: Bradley J. Bitner, Paul's Political Strategy in 1 Corinthians 1-4: Constitution and Covenant. Society for Ne...